When I began this listing crazy around the end of November/beginning of December I planned to do posts about each particular album/ep/song that I loved this year. Unfortunately the real world is more important than the blog. Below are my choices for favorite song of the year.

MGMT’s 12-minute epic ‘Siberian Breaks’ from their latest album “Congratulations” has been remixed by SO ME, Breakbot and Busy P. The song is bascially in three sections; the first being a piano ballad, the next has a funky-new wave tinge to it and the last section seems like a last minute edition is a heavy electronic, disco infused coda. You can listen to the song below and learn how to get it here.

MGMT performed an acoustic session bacl in June and peformed the song ‘Congratulations’. It was peformed in bare bones fashion which mainly highlighted the acoustic guitar in the track. Unfortunately we dont’ get to hear the awesome synth solo at the end of the song like in the studio version. You can download the song below and watch the performance.

MGMT are releasing a new 7″ single for the title song off their second album ‘Congratulations’. The 7″ single will feature a remix of the song by Erol Alkan and a special 20-page booklet will be included with the vinyl. The 7″ vinyl will be released on November 23. Erol Alkan’s rework of the song feature a funky bass line, giving the song’s slow keyboards sound more disco-oriented. You can download the song below.

MGMT performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, the band played the titled track from their second album “Congratulations” and the song ‘The Handshake’ from their debut album “Oracular Spectacular”. Odd choice and it seems that they are refusing to play their old hits, you can watch the performances below.

MGMT appeared on NPR’s World Cafe last week and performed some songs from their second album “Congratulations”. During the interview portion of the session you can hear the band’s reasoning for their “new” sound. They don’t perform ‘Flash Delirium’ which you would expect but their 12-minute epic from the album ‘Siberian Breaks’. You can listen to the session here. The setlist for the session is below.

Well, I posted about the Daily Mail writing about MGMT having creative issues with their label but it turns out that it was all lies, I didn’t post about the band’s drummer being hit by a cup of piss. This is what the band wrote to Pitchfork about the creative issues with Columbia: (more…)